Continuing Professional Development - External Examining
The Leadership, Organisational, Professional & Academic Development Academy (The Academy), in collaboration with Advance HE, is pleased to announce that it will continue to offer the Degree Standards Project course for external examining.
Advance HE has been granted a three-year licence by the Office for Students, Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (HEFCW) and Department for the Economy Northern Ireland (DfENI), to continue to deliver the professional development opportunity.
The aim of the course is to enable aspiring, new or experienced examiners to:
- Gain an understanding of the role of the external examiner as articulated in the UK Quality Code for Higher Education
- Consolidate their understanding of the nature of academic standards and professional judgement, and explore the implications for external examining
- Develop their ability in using evidence-informed approaches to contribute to impartial, transparent judgements on academic standards and enhancing student learning.
The course is delivered in a blended format: asynchronous online activities (Part 1) and two online meetings (Part 2). The course is suitable for both aspiring and experienced external examiners.
Course details
- Part 1: Three to five hours' online preparation work to be completed early January 2024
- Part 2: Two half-day Zoom workshops, 9.15am-1pm, 29 and 31 January 2024
Participants are also involved in post-course reflection writing to be completed within one week of the final Zoom webinar.
The course requires a minimum number of participants to attend, so we will inform applicants for the course as soon as possible when we have reached the required number. Other workshops are due to be scheduled later in 2024.
Please book your place by 5 January 2024 by emailing theacademy@liverpool.ac.uk. We will confirm more details in early January.
Please email theacademy@liverpool.ac.uk if you have any questions about the development activity.
Please note that this session is open to all University of Liverpool staff with an interest in external examining, and current external examiners of University of Liverpool programmes and modules (please cascade as appropriate).